My Story

I was born in 1953 to an animal loving father and a family already sharing life with a collie boxer named Brundy, Daddy brought home box turtles saving them from certain death on the highways. We lived in Overland Park, Kansas next to a forested area and they would all end up living there after escaping our back yard. Brundy also had a roomie named Harvey (of course, he was a rabbit). They were extremely good friends.

Anyway, I have never been without a dog and have always shared living space with assorted cats, fish, rodents, birds, reptiles, etc. I am an animal lover from the word go totally loving and respecting all animals. Having spent a lot of time with them I have learned their languages and ways, and I listen to what they want from me before I throw myself at them.

Even so, I am always amazed at the cats that come to greet me when I am tending to them as their families travel. I am usually told that I will not even see them and to just feed them, water them and clean their boxes. 99% of the time they are at the door as I come in and I love to sit on the floor and play. I pet and brush them as I babble on and on about such things as mice and catnip and other things that interest them.

Dogs love me automatically since I am the one with the leash and the treat. It’s just too easy with them. They also enjoy me on the floor talking to and grooming them and asking them about the birds they were barking at a few minutes earlier in the back yard.

It was a given that I would one day entertain the idea of becoming a pet sitter. And here I am in my third year and of course loving it. I really can’t see myself doing anything else ever again! I do feel a bit guilty as it is not at all like a job. I am just out playing with animals all day every day and smiling and loving life! No wonder my favorite thing to say besides here doggie or good kitty is life is good!!!!